Below the Graniteville Mill

Derek Berry

Derek Berry is the author of the novel Heathens & Liars of Lickskillet County (2016) and poetry chapbook Skinny Dipping with Strangers (2013). They are the co-founder of literary non-profit The Unspoken Word and serve on the board of The Charleston Free Verse Festival. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in Gigantic Sequins, BOAAT, Yemassee, Beloit Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. They live in Aiken, South Carolina.